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Fritz_Doll

05-18-2011 05:21 PM

use typedef from another file - C

I want to use a typedef defined in another file, but not sure how to do this; would also like to do the same thing for enums. How do I go about doing this?
main.c

Code:

void main(){

...

//Create DATA type variables here

DATA d1;

DATA d2;

...

}

second.c

Code:

struct dat{

int var1;

int var2;

};

typedef struct data DATA;

paulsm4

05-18-2011 05:54 PM

Assuming you're using C/C++, it sounds like a job for a header file, e.g.

Code:

#include "my_defs.h"

Fritz_Doll

05-18-2011 06:16 PM

Thanks, helped point me in the right direction. Very useful thing to know.

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